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The best science fiction television to watch out for in 2023

The best science fiction television to watch out for in 2023

28 December 2022

From new seasons of The Mandalorian and Severance to a much-anticipated adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, settle in for some stellar shows next year


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The best science fiction books out in 2023

28 December 2022

CERN-inspired stories, a feminist retelling of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and a new deep future from Annalee Newitz: sci-fi fans have a lot to look forward to in 2023


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The best popular science books out in 2023

28 December 2022

Discover a quantum world of numbers, the amazing new science of the human electrome and long views of Earth and its wonders in this look at the best non-fiction coming this year


Read Orris, an exclusive sci-fi short story from Arkady Martine

Read Orris, an exclusive sci-fi short story from Arkady Martine

14 December 2022

In a future where climate change has devastated Florence’s iris fields, a perfumer makes a hard choice in the Hugo award-winning novelist Arkady Martine's short story


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Don’t Miss: The way of water, first of four sequels to Avatar

7 December 2022

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss


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The best science fiction books of 2022: Uncertainty, dystopia and hope

30 November 2022

Uncertainty and crisis are key to this year's best sci-fi offerings, from Janelle Monáe's The Memory Librarian to Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea


A Fractured Infinity review: Multiverse plot trope comes of age

A Fractured Infinity review: Multiverse plot trope comes of age

16 November 2022

Writers and film makers are always using the multiverse as fuel for their plots, but Nathan Tavares gives it a new twist in A Fractured Infinity, a sci-fi novel about growing up, finds Sally Adee


Don’t miss: Strange World, animated sci-fi with Jake Gyllenhaal

Don’t miss: Strange World, animated sci-fi with Jake Gyllenhaal

16 November 2022

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss


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Tutankhamun’s Secrets review: Lively TV documentary spills more beans

2 November 2022

A pacy documentary reveals the latest about Tutankhamun and Howard Carter, who discovered his tomb. It also revives vivid childhood memories of my first encounter with the pharaoh, says Bethan Ackerley


Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

26 October 2022

An exploration of the deep feeling under the surface of consumerist lives, this film follows Unoaku, who never leaves her flat, as she begins to notice oddities in her slick world, finds Simon Ings


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